Using a Gateway / Router as a Switch
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Jan 31 16:34:29 UTC 2005
Ralph Markham wrote:
> I have added another ethernet card to my primary Linux server, so I have
> one for DMZ and one for the Local network. The problem is that I don't
> have a free port on my DLink gateway / router. What I want to do, is
> use my old Linksys 4 port gateway / router as a switch off of the DLink.
>
> I have set the linksys up with a static IP address, netmask of
> 255.255.255.252, and in router mode. This is not working.
>
> Has anyone done anything similar and / or know how to make this work?
> Everything I know says it should be possible.
If you're only using it as a switch, diable dhcp (unless you need a dchp
server) and use only the 4 switch ports. Do not use the WAN side.
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